TAFE future concerns
Concerns over the future of Federation Training have prompted Wellington Shire Council to seek urgent discussions with the education provider.
Serious crashes keep emergency services busy
Emergency services were kept busy at the weekend, with two serious accidents.
Council adopts wood preferred policy
Wellington Shire Council will follow its Latrobe City counterpart in adopting a wood encouragement policy.
Turrum drilling is complete
Esso Australia has completed its Turrum field drilling program, drilling five new wells as part of its work in Bass Strait to develop new gas supplies.
Briagolong man faces court on drugs charges
A 64-year-old Briagolong man, charged with serious drug offences, will return to court in November.
‘Don’t stop the mozzie program’
A Loch Sport resident who is recovering from the Ross River Virus has warned others could be in danger if Wellington Shire Council stopped funding a mosquito monitoring and spraying program.
Minister turns sod on MID project
The first sod was turned on the $5.84 million Southern Cowwarr Balancing Storage on Monday morning.
Esso moves its worker lockout to afternoon
Esso on Wednesday made a move to change the time of its lockout at the Longford gas plant.
CSG water table fears in Gippsland
The development of coal seam gas could lower the water table in Gippsland by more than 15 metres, creating potential problems for farmers and the environment, state government water studies have found.
Fears of a boiler farm influx into shire
A decision to approve two chicken farms on the outskirts of Toongabbie will turn Wellington Shire into "the shire for broiler farms" according to one objector.
Chester’s expenses higher than Bishop’s
Gippsland MHR Darren Chester spent almost $530,000 on expenses between June and December last year — the fifth most of any politician in Canberra — but with good reason.
Nod for broiler farm
Wellington Shire Council's planning department has approved the development of two free range chicken broiler farms near Toongabbie.